With the coronavirus stats going in the right direction, all of us at C&G Newspapers look forward to resuming publication of the St. Clair Shores Sentinel and Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle on May 27th. All other C&G newspapers will begin publishing on June 10th (Advertiser-Times on June 24th). In the meantime, continue to find local news on our website and look for us on Facebook and Twitter.

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With the coronavirus stats going in the right direction, all of us at C&G Newspapers look forward to resuming publication of the St. Clair Shores Sentinel and Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle on May 27th. All other C&G newspapers will begin publishing on June 10th (Advertiser-Times on June 24th). In the meantime, continue to find local news on our website and look for us on Facebook and Twitter.

MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb County Health Department results released Jan. 23, based on laboratory and visual analysis, stated that an unknown substance washed ashore from Lake St. Clair was “decaying filamentous algae with E. coli counts that present no imminent public health hazard, and are not indicative of raw sewage.”

ST. CLAIR SHORES — An update by Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller laid out changes that could be coming to the Chapaton Retention Basin as the office works to reduce the number of combined sewer overflows dumped into Lake St. Clair each year.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP/DETROIT — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announced on June 4 that based on its preliminary data from May, Lake St. Clair has set a new record high monthly mean water level.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Years of harsh weather and the current record-high lake levels have merged to create a perfect storm for residents on Elm Lane. The private road off Jefferson Avenue in Harrison Township’s southeast side is slowly falling into the adjacent canal. The seawall there is no longer doing its job, and a large section of the safety guardrail is already in the water.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — As the water rose along the banks of Lake St. Clair this spring, it led some residents to recall when high water levels caused residents to need boats to get out of their homes and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to erect a semi-permanent barrier against the rising tide.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A state of emergency has been declared in Harrison Township due to rising lake levels. State officials say levels across all the Great Lakes are expected to set record highs this year.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — When a portion of Lake St. Clair ended up inside some waterfront homes due to rising lake levels at a low point on the coast, City Manager Mike Smith and members of the city’s emergency management team realized that they needed to take action to protect residents from flooding.

Upcoming Events

The events in our calendar were submitted prior to the coronavirus crisis.
As efforts have increased to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many events have been canceled.
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On March 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order to cancel all events statewide that involve more than 250 people. It is recommended that you call ahead if you still intend to attend one of these events.